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Thursday, September 9, 2010

Caramel Apple Cupcakes

Welcome to Day Three of Apple Harvest Week at Red Couch Recipes. Today my daughter Talley and I made Caramel Apple Cupcakes after school. The cupcake is appley goodness and it's topped with caramel...just like a caramel apples.

Have you ever visited the craft blog Skip to My Lou? She has an incredible blog jammed packed with ideas. I couldn't find red cupcake liners so I used her template to make red (for apples) cupcake wrappers. I also made some patterned ones because I liked the way they looked. Click HERE for the template.

1. Heat oven to 350°F. You’ll need 24 muffin cups lined with paper liners.
2. Cupcakes: Combine flour, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon and salt in a medium bowl.
3. Beat applesauce, sugars, butter, sour cream and eggs in a bowl with mixer on low speed just to combine. in flour mixture until well blended.
4. Divide batter among muffin cups. Bake for 15-30 30 minutes until a wooden pick inserted in cupcakes comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack for 5 minutes. Remove from pan; cool completely.
5. Glaze: Heat caramels in a medium saucepan over low heat, stirring frequently, until melted. Add heavy cream and stir until combined. Cool 2 minutes. Working quickly, while mixture is still warm, spread top of each cupcake with about 3 teaspoons of glaze. If glaze gets hard to spread, heat on low, stirring until more melted. Insert a Popsicle stick into center and top with jimmies or sprinkles, if using. Place in freezer for 5 minutes to set. This is important to do, especially if you are placing the cupcakes close together.

These are toooo cute! I have been meaning to make my own wrappers but haven't gotten around to it. I hopped on over to Skip to My Lou. I had downloaded her instructions before and forgotten. Thanks for the reminder. I love the red and the plain and so cute with the stick.

I also followed her link to Cricut Cake, that is the special Cricut where you can cut fondant. It was fascinating. Good link. Thanks. I want one of those Cricut Cake machines.

These look amazing! Have you ever seen the TV show cupcake wars? I love it and it has inspired me to come up with my own recipes. check 2 of them out here http://happyhappyhousewife.blogspot.com/2010/08/rainy-days-and-cupcakes.html

Again, these sound and look so delish! thank you for linking up with All About You Monday. I hope you come back next week where the theme is all about ribbon but any fun project, craft, recipe, etc is welcomed! So glad I found your blog!

Engageya

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